They used an other treatment to kill all the weeds before planting No Idea which one but it was forbidden to use any more , Probably Gramoxone the advice was to use Round up as you said they sprayed in a frost free period in the winter and seeded early spring all as usual as they did years before what I think is that little amounts where still active and where absorbed by the cotyledons when the seeds germinated Roland 2013/4/2 <Jadeboy48@aol.com>: > What proof do you have that it was the roundup that caused the damage. It > will not continue to work after 3 months in the ground. Did your supplier > spray the roundup, then immediately plant the seeds in the wet foliage?I am > well aware there are some very toxic, long acting weed killers out there > but roundup is one of the least toxic. Russ H. > PS : I do not own stock in any chemical companies and the company doesn't > pay me to be their spokesman. If you can prove that the roundup caused a > financial loss take them to Court to pay for the loss but the burden of proof > is on you. > > In a message dated 4/2/2013 1:21:27 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, > bulborum@gmail.com writes: > > Hi Russ > > Nice article > > I don't agree that Round up is harmless after one week > one of my suppliers used it three months before seeding Mirabilis jalapa > the harvest was less as half from normal > and the quality from the harvested roots was terrible > I stopped selling them because they started rotting on my stand in > September > so whatever they say > some way round up doesn't break down completely > and is also infecting probably roots or the just emerging cotyledon > > Roland > > It turns > into a harmless nontoxic chemical. > > > R de Boer > La Maugardiere 1 > F 27260 EPAIGNES > FRANCE > > Phone./Fax 0033-232-576-204 > Email: bulborum@gmail.com > Facebook: https://facebook.com/pages/Bulborum/… > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ -- R de Boer La Maugardiere 1 F 27260 EPAIGNES FRANCE Phone./Fax 0033-232-576-204 Email: bulborum@gmail.com Facebook: https://facebook.com/pages/Bulborum/…